SOLUTION: Please help solve " twelve more than three times a number is -12

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" twelve more than three times a number is -12

Answer by faceoff57(108)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
12 + 3n = -12
12 + 3n -12= -12 -12
3n = -24
3n/3 = -24/3
n = -8

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